Following the success of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust Ambulance Training and Community Response Services (ATCoRS) Restart a Heart day last October, when over 1,000 people were trained in life-saving skills, the team has already smashed their 1,500 target for this year.
Over the past few months Island schools have been visited by their ‘CPR Guardian’, a skilled tutor from the ATCoRS team, who has provided free Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training sessions helping to make every Island child a lifesaver. Together the 4 tutors – Helena, Duncan, Connel and Sally – have trained a staggering 2,855 children.
Louise Walker, Head of the ATCoRS explains:
“We know only too well how important it is for people to learn lifesaving skills and it has been wonderful to give school children this opportunity. To celebrate Restart a Heart Day this year we are offering the public free CPR training and defibrillator awareness sessions.”
The ATCoRS team and their Trust colleagues are holding free open public sessions from 10:00-16:30 at St Mary’s Hospital in the main hospital reception and outside the Full Circle Restaurant on 15th, 16th and 17th October.
In addition, you are invited to learn CPR for free at Freshwater Fire Station between 09:00-20:00 on Wednesday 16th October. Drop in during the day and learn how to perform life-saving CPR.
Each session takes around 20 to 30 minutes and you will receive a certificate for your efforts. Call in at 09:00, 10:00, 11:00 and every hour on the hour all day up to 20:00. All age groups welcome.
